when we live in darkness...
Negativity. It is an easy trap to fall into. We are surrounded by blacks and grays and often fail to love the light because we become consumed with hating the darkness. This doesn't get rid of anything...the darkness is still dark and bad things don't lose any badness by being complained about. The hating just brings about more black feelings...
What is it to be joyful? I don't think it's incessant optimism or plastic smiles. Joy is rooted more deeply than that. It is the hope that no matter how discouraging things are, the sun will rise. The King will return. The blackness will fade as the stars explode like fireworks and explode around our ears.
But hope is not enough. We could hope forever, but if we never saw these things happen...we would still be in the darkness. Joy is the ability to take notice of the light and to be given over to it so that the darkness' only use is to remind us how bright the light can be.
So seek beauty. Seek light. Stop complaining and arguing so that you can shine like a star. Then explode.
we must not become it.
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